Table 1 Parameters utilized in the model (1): biological interpretation.

From: Modeling COVID-19 transmission: effects of age structure and vaccination

Parameters

Description

\(\delta (\theta )\)

Age-specific death rate

\(\gamma (\theta )\)

Flow of un-quarantine individuals to quarantine class

\(\beta _{1}(\theta )\)

Rate of confirmed population

\(\vartheta (\theta )\)

Rate at which quarantine population recovered

\(v(\theta )\)

Rate at which confirm individuals recovered

\(\beta (\theta )\)

Age-specific infection rate

\(\beta _{3}(\theta )\)

Age-specific contagion rate

\(b(\theta )\)

Age-specific birth rate

\(\epsilon (\theta )\)

Rate of susceptible immunized

\(\beta _{2}(\theta )\)

Rate at which vaccinated individuals loss their vaccine immunity